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[wendystar]

My husband and I decided to have Bjorn learn Tagalog first kahit na both of us work in companies which use English as the primary medium of communication.
I really believe that a child has to learn his/her mother language first before any other languages.
My son is now 4 years old and he's fluent in Tagalog. Matatas nga daw magsalita.
He is starting to speak English too. He is exposed to Playhouse Disney kase (every day may 1 hour dosage siya nito  ) kaya he understands and can speak English na din.
When asks in English, he responds in English.
I didn't grow up speaking English but what the heck, i'm teaching English now.
I believe that it wouldn't be difficult to learn both languages if they're balanced and if children are exposed properly.

[alexismom]

babies learn fast. when i was young, i only spoke the dialect in my mom's province. i only learned tagalog and english at 5. it helped that my dad exposed me to books and my friends in school spoke english a lot. sa totoo lang, ayoko na hindi magaling sa tagalog baby ko. lagi kasi pinapasulat ng paragraphs in filipino ang kids. kawawa naman kung mahirapan. may friend kasi ako na hirap sa tagalog. i buy books for my baby. i take time to read her a book everyday. buntis pa lang ako, i read books to her na until paglabas. my husband, my brother and i are the only ones who speak to her in english. naririnig ng baby ko ang ibang family members speaking in tagalog. lola ko and the househelp sometimes speak in bisaya. sana nga matuto baby ko someday.

[twelvth_goddess]

My baby is 2months old and we talk to her in english. As early as now, I read books to her para ma-build yung vocabulary and communication skills niya.

[hel]

pag playtime, i talk to Gelo in english. iniintroduce ko sa kanya yung toy niya and i tell him kung para saan yung toy ano yung skills na madedevelop sa kanya etc. i teach him about colors,shapes,counting. yung mga games/activities rin during playtime were in english - konti lang kasi alam ko na games in tagalog. i also read books to him same as sis van as early as now i want to develop his vocabulary and communication skills.

[jadeingua]

With my experience, we talked to my daughter in English since she's still a baby, and now nung nagschooling siya naging dilemma namin yung subjurct na filipino pati sibika. Before pa lang siya magprep, kinausap na kami ng Teacher niya na our daughter should learn tagalog words para di mahirapan ngayong prep, ayun ganun na nga ang nangyari, sa mga ganung subjects siya hirap.kaya ngayon, English pa rin namin siya kinakausap at the same time iniexpalin yung equivalent sa tagalog. Ganun na din ang gagawin ko sa baby ko ngayon

[yishan]

im experiencing it now with my 3yrs old son, his difficulties in interaction to people.. my son kc is english spoken, hirap sya mki-interact with other kids. Hindi din sya maintindihan ng iba kids dhil english and bulol din, result hindi sa  kanya nkikipaglaro.

Now, we're starting teaching him tagalog words even tagalog songs and thankful naman ako madali sya mka adapt. 

[DeeCee]

i am communicating with my baby using our dialect kasi i know na she'll have a hard time socializing with otehr kids if masanay with english. i want her to have an old school childhood    anyway, she'll learn english naman by reading and watching movies/dvds.
 
anyway mommies, i have a friend who's teaching kids filipino/tagalog and naaawa siya sa mga bata kasi nahihirapan daw talaga. i dont want my kid to end up like that.   

[moonriver]

I like the idea of using the English language to my future children while they are still young.

[thersie_marie]

i agree with mommy ilovegabe....siguro confident lang talaga ako sa anak ko kausapin ng English..but i discouraged taglish though i use to do that. i dont like my Eliah to be like me when she grow up.  so far shes ok with tagalog and english...si ate shirley yung kasama namin sa bahay nakakatuwa kasi marunong mag-adjust di naman trying hard.  pero di naman naging problema kung tinatagalog niya c Eliah..fear ko kasi dati un pano kapag yung nagaalaga na..so far the're good..natutoto ng tagalog anak ko and sya na mismo nag-aadjust sa mga pinsan niya kapag naglalaro sila..sa una English ang kausap niya pero kapag di sya pinapansin tinatagalog niya na tulad ng "that is mine" maya maya magtatagalog na..un nga lang slang pero nakakatuwa..kasi straight sa english pero kapag tagalog bulol...  para sakin madali na lang talaga kay eliah matutunan tagalog kasi kami lang naman ni Hubby ang talagang lagi nyang kausap na English..mas marami prin ang nagtatagalog.

[I love_dadilove7503]

Nung maliit pa yung panganay ko kinakausap ko sya ng english kasi gusto ko rin matutunan niya yung language na yun, tas nung nasa pre school na sya, hirap sya sa Filipino subject, although di naman sya palasalita sa English, yun siguro kasi exposure niya sa mga pinapanuod na English kaya mas adjusted sya sa English language than tagalog, until mag Grade school and Ngayon HS na sya napapansin ko isa sa grade na mababa niya is Filipino, sabi niya kasi mahirap intindihin. Last month I got his report card, and his Filipino subject is the lowest.. Pro kahit ako nung nasa pre school pa lang sya hirap ako magturo ng filipino subject pag may assignment sya sa school, kasi mas madali intindihin kung sinabi na verb, noun, pronoun, sa Filipino kasi hirap intindihin. inisip ko nga ngayon tagalog ng noun, pronoun, verb at kung ano ano pa di ko maisip, naalala ko lang pang uri.. hahaha.. basta mas mahirap filipino subject than english. Si REd yung bunso ko di pa masyado salita, he say the word dirty, mommy, daddy, lola.. pro no other word, naiisip ko tuloy baka confused sya what language he will use kasi usually nuod sya Disney playhouse, and I also talk to him in English, pro cempre mga kasama ko sa house di naman.. so baka lito ang anak ko kaya di pa makabuo ng words... anyway 1 year old pa lang si red kaya di pa siguro salita, pro kasi kuya niya fluent na magsalita at that age.  hay kakalito.

[sweet&spice]

I talk with my son, mga 80-90% in English, because that is really how I normally speak. I would not even notice that we are talking in English, if not for the comments that I hear from strangers, like when we go to malls, while mommy is windowshopping at Our Home.  The male guys commented, "ma'am, saan po lumaki yan?" Sabi ko, dito lang sa Philippines. "San po sya nag-aaral? Nag-aaral na po ba sya? Mahal po siguro ang tuition niya." Sabi ko, "hindi naman. Hindi naman gaanong mahal, di rin naman din gaanong mura. Tama lang." Naiintindihan po talaga kayo? Hello ---- we were conversing in English and he was following my instructions, eh di malamang! 

I didn't make it a conscious effort to teach him pure English. It's just that I am more used to speaking a lot of it than Tagalog, to make it may default language. I didn't have a hard time communicating in Tagalog naman since my parents talk to us in Tagalog, and whenever we stay in our grandparents' house, they always talk in Tagalog. It seems rude to talk in English, when they ask you in Tagalog, so we know both.

I plan to train my son the same way. It's the best of both worlds. 

[pretty_girl]

hi sis, its a good thing na turuan natin babies natin to speak in English but do not set aside ang pagtuturo din ng Filipino language.

We have a student here in kinder level. English language lang tinuro sakanya ng parents niya. and the results? nung pumasok na siya nahirapan na ngayon siya makipag communicate sa classmates niya and the worst hindi siya maturuan sa Filipino subject. That's the disadvantage.

Di masama na turuan natin baby natin ng English, ako nga kinakausap ko din 5 month old baby ko pero dapt na dapt marunong din sila magtagalog

[sweet&spice]

^yeah true. our parents naman talked to us in Tagalog most of the time, and surely our grandparents and cousins did. yung pag-e-english namin was in school. everybody was speaking how we speak, and since we were all enrolled in the same school, we brought the training in school to the house. as between sisters, we would perhaps be conversing in english, and i wouldn't really know, kasi we understand each other naman.

our parents hailed from one of the most tagalog provinces there is, and i was so thankful for the times spent in the province with our grandparents and cousins. out of deference, we speak how they speak, and so, we learn "deeper" tagalog words. we would ace filipino and sibika subjects, especially noli etc., because we were aquainted with the "deep" tagalog words already and had no trouble understanding them.

but here and there, sometimes i still ask, "ano ngang tagalog ng north? kanluran? eh, yung south, ano?" sheesh!... yan ha....working na ako nyan, upto now, you have to reacquaint me with filipino directions. hehe.

[thersie_marie]

correct mommy funnyarte.. c Eliah din napapansin kapag nasa labas kami kasi ang daldal...kahit natataray na tumatawa pa yung nasa paligid..grabeh first time niya sumakay ng bus nung sat  punta kami sofitel then meet ko nga sana kayo....sabi ba naman sa mga nagkukuwentuha.."quiet please, im watching" tapos tawanan mga tao..wa me kibo kasi di ko alam sasabihin ko...tapos ayun kinausap na sya ng kinausap ng katabi namin sa bus...di ako makasingit kasi purely english sila..baka macorrect pa ako eh english teacher pala yung katabi ko.  hinayaan ko sila mag-usap..sabi nung teacher ok daw pagpapalaki ko sa anak ko kasi marunong daw... kamusta naman daw ang tagalog niya..sabi ko ok naman..mabilis din matuto kasi nga tagalog lahat sa min
kami lang ni hubby..siguro depende talaga sa environment.   kung sa tingin nyo po puro englisera sa paligid siguro mas madalas tagalog ang kausap kay anak...hanggan ngayun refresher ako sa nakakainis na SV agreement na yan kasi sira talaga ako dyan.

[sweet&spice]

haha. same with the "excuse me, excuse me po. i can't see (the fireworks)"... pag sila talaga ang nagsalita, kahit nababara na yung adults, di sila makahirit no? buti na lang. hehe.